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LEECH, JOHN. Pictures of Life & Character.
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY LEECH LEECH, JOHN. Pictures of Life & Character. First-Fifth Series [complete] bound in one. Hundreds of woodcuts with captions. Oblong folio, 3/4 burgundy morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, unevenly faded, surface wear and rubbing; original front covers bound in rear, some trimmed along bottom, a few paper repairs; all edges gilt, dampstaining along fore edge creeping into margins to the maximum depth of 1/4 inch, title-page of Series One with vertical crease and 2-inch tear along left margin, Second Series lacks half-title, otherwise all indexes and inclusions as called for in Grolier/Wilson 97. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854
- Notes: first edition of the collected woodcuts from punch magazine. first two series inscribed and signed by leech on title-pages to F. Joyce, Esq. Thackeray said of the series "This book is better than plum-cake at Christmas. It is one enduring plum-cake . . ." Grolier page 48.
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